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Why FG’s promoting ADR for business related dispute settlements, by Osinbajo

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday said that the Federal Government has moved to promote the adoption of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) option to enhance speedy resolution of business-related disputes in the country. According to a statement made available to newsmen by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo made this disclosure while answering questions during a virtual interaction with members of the French Business Confederation (MEDEF), an event that also featured representatives of several top French companies and officials from both governments of Nigeria and France. He maintained that the government opted for the ADR option as part of measures to attract foreign investors. Osinbajo said: “Nigeria has a robust judiciary and most companies engage some of the best lawyers in Nigeria, many of whom are internationally acclaimed.

“Our courts, the commercial courts, are doing well. Sometimes there may be delays in the length of time that it may take to resolve disputes, which is why arbitration is the preferred mode of resolving disputes, and am sure that most companies have an arbitration clause in their agreements and contracts. “Alternative Dispute Resolution is something that we are promoting as a government and we are trying to create infrastructure for it. And I know that most businesses don’t even want to go to court. They will rather resolve their disputes through commercial arbitration. And that is an area we are looking to explore in greater detail,” he said.

He continued; “I will say that Alternative Dispute Resolution such as arbitration and mediation should always be in contracts, especially where companies may be wary of going through the legal process that may be longdrawn.

I think that on the whole, the resolution of commercial disputes is one that we have done quite well. And I am very confident that the Federal High Courts, especially in the commercial nerve centres in the country – Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano – are doing a decent job.” Speaking on Nigeria’s terms of doing business competitiveness, the vicepresident said the efforts made by the Muhammadu Buhari administration across diverse areas of creating a conducive business environment was yielding results.

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